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Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs
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The Guardian · World

Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs

Nearly a quarter of market traders now hold master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, research showsOne in five young market traders now holds a master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, according to exclusive figures shared with the Guardian, in a sign of how Britain’s markets are attracting an u...

Amelia Hill
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Austrian court rules ski resort hotel’s burkini ban is discriminatory
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The Guardian · World

Austrian court rules ski resort hotel’s burkini ban is discriminatory

Hotel did not allow two Muslim women to wear the full-body bathing suit, which has become bugbear of European far rightAn Austrian court has found an Alpine hotel’s ban on burkinis discriminatory, a politically explosive ruling in a country where the far right is on the rise.The full-body bathing su...

Agence France-Press
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Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him
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The Guardian · World

Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him

As alliance gathers in Ankara, European leaders have an informal strategy to try to keep US president on sideEurope live – latest updatesNato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump in case they irritate the US president at a crucial time for the military...

Pippa Crerar Political editor in Ankara
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IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish
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IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving those for other G7 countries weaker or unchanged, amid hopes the economic impact of the Iran war may...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
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Police hunting man after wife and two daughters found dead in Bedfordshire
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Police hunting man after wife and two daughters found dead in Bedfordshire

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, believed to have left UK for Zimbabwe before bodies of partner and children were discoveredPolice are hunting for a man after the deaths of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire.Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were fou...

PA Media
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Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon
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The Guardian · World

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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Items found behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel lead to charges in 1985 Ohio murder
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Items found behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel lead to charges in 1985 Ohio murder

Modern forensic analysis leads to arrest in murder of traveling salesman John Warren, authorities sayItems that were found discarded behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia in 1985 have led to charges against a suspect in an Ohio killing committed at about that time, investigators announced re...

Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Race discrimination case over child’s swim puts ‘Dutch paradox’ in focus
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The Guardian · World

Race discrimination case over child’s swim puts ‘Dutch paradox’ in focus

Father of boy refused entry to pool says case is reminder that some Dutch do not acknowledge reality of racismWhen Henri Duiker went to check whether his 12-year-old son and his friend were enjoying their first “disco” swim evening alone, he was baffled. Instead of being in the water, Henri’s son wa...

Senay Boztas in Zoetermeer
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Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes
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The Guardian · World

Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes

Group blames expected £30m loss in first half of year on weakening market and lower consumer confidenceVistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has warned it will make a loss in the first half of the year, after it resorted to heavy discounting to attract buyers for unsold homes .Vistry...

Julia Kollewe
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More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency
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More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency

Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figuresUK politics live – latest updatesA host of transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures and donations to the party caused bankers to report potential money-laundering c...

Anna Isaac
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Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress
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Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress

Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hoursAs Europe’s sweltering summer continues, trades unions are mounting a push for new laws to counter deadly heat stress that is linked to an estimated 230 workplace deaths a year.This year...

Arthur Neslen and Matthew Taylor
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US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food
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US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

Environmental protection agency and independent studies have found food biggest source of chemical exposureThe US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in food, marking another setback for public health advocates’ push to...

Tom Perkins
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Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit
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Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit

President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens SpainMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has declared that the ceasefire with Iran is over as he arrived at the Nato summit in Ankara, launching...

Dan Sabbagh in Ankara
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Republican leaders seek to quell Mitch McConnell speculation as rebellion grows
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Republican leaders seek to quell Mitch McConnell speculation as rebellion grows

John Thune says he spoke to McConnell on phone as secrecy over 84-year-old’s health prompts Maga backlashRepublican leaders have moved to quash speculation about Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader in the US Senate, amid a growing revolt over the lack of transparency around his health.The...

David Smith and Chris Stein in Washington
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Trump’s policy mayhem is making even the Maga faithful consider walking away
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Trump’s policy mayhem is making even the Maga faithful consider walking away

Even voters who identify as foot soldiers of his political army are increasingly willing to blame Trump for their economic troublesThe political consequences of Donald Trump’s policy mayhem are now coming into view: “Maga” America is getting pissed.It has been a sight to see how every one of the pre...

Eduardo Porter
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